The Dutiful Kid Who Saved the Villainous Family - Chapter 1

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Episode 1

Chapter 1 Prologue

The Ortejo Duchy Castle in the North was called a ghost castle.

A castle where not a single ray of sunlight entered, gloomy and filled with dust.

It was the result of being filled with demonic energy from the long war with demons.

Was it because the gloomy aura of demons had encroached upon the northern lands?

One of the specialties of this ghost castle was precisely…

“Wahahahaha! How stupid! Try to catch me!”

Crazy little troublemakers who were worse than demons.

The blood relatives of the Ortejo Family living gathered in the north were divided into two categories.

‘Immune ones.’

Those who were not greatly affected by the demonic energy, an intangible evil fog that enveloped the entire north.

Usually they possessed various supernatural abilities and were also called ‘ability users.’

On the other hand, ordinary people who couldn’t withstand the demonic energy were collectively called ‘non-immune ones.’

The Ortejo Family kept all immune ones, both direct and collateral lines, within the castle for education, and sent non-immune ones outside.

The immune children who could endure demonic energy and also had abilities were given numerous privileges.

But there was a problem here.

‘Abilities and character are inversely proportional.’

The children of the north were serious troublemakers in many ways.

The Head Maid and her subordinate maids were also immune ones with modest abilities.

But there were clear limits to handling the rough young ability users.

“That’s the founding head’s treasured item!”

“Yeah, so what. You absolutely can’t catch me, right?”

Muscular maids and servants over 2 meters tall ran through the corridors trying to catch several children.

But the children were superior in both status and abilities.

A seven-year-old child who had been running frantically picked up a decorative piece from the corridor.

It was a decorative piece made entirely of glass.

“Please, pl-please put it down!”

“It’s dangerous!”

A tense standoff between the maids, servants, and the child!

However.

Making their pleas meaningless, the young boy giggled and stamped his feet.

Crash!

The glass doll fell to the floor and shattered completely.

A 190cm tall maid raised her sturdy fist and shouted.

“A glass doll has broken in the corridor! Please be careful!”

“Yeah, I won’t be careful, right? It’s bothersome, right? Even if I’m careful… Ahhhhh!”

In the end, an accident happened again today.

Blood dripped steadily from the young boy’s foot that had stepped on the broken glass.

The Head Maid cleaned up the broken glass pieces and examined the child’s foot while sighing.

‘Another accident to add to today’s tally.’

‘Still, I’m grateful it ended with just this much. At least no one died…’

While having such thoughts and treating the young boy’s foot.

“Hey, what are you staring at? Look away.”

It was familiar verbal abuse.

The evil demonic energy that enveloped the entire north particularly gnawed at children’s minds.

So the servants fully understood the children’s rampage. Under normal circumstances, that is.

But today’s suffering wasn’t over.

The young boy stood up straight and shouted.

“Ahahaha! You idiots!”

Even the bandages that had been wrapped around the child’s foot came completely undone and fluttered in the corridor.

The young boy running away with blood streaming was truly like an evil spirit.

The Head Maid, towering like a mountain in the middle of the corridor, muttered.

“That damn demon brat…”

The servants and maids of the north were suffering from all kinds of bizarre troublemaking and abuse of power.

Right when they were dealing with a total 120% stress situation.

“This is an emergency situation.”

Several guards appeared in the corridor. Though they usually didn’t get flustered easily, today was different.

Behind them, a small child was walking.

“Hm?”

“…?”

The person who entered the confused servants’ sight.

It was a lovely child with near-white silver hair and purple eyes.

The north was a land with strong demonic aura.

It was established theory that northerners’ hair and eye colors darkened under the influence of demonic energy.

So this child was a heterogeneous existence, too removed from the north in appearance alone.

Then, the child wrapped tightly in a knit sweater covered with flower patterns bowed their head.

A polite greeting, no less.

The Head Maid, who wouldn’t be flustered by most things, quietly muttered.

“Ex-excuse me, but who…”

The guard made a flustered expression then opened his mouth.

“This is the family’s youngest princess. She came requesting a week-long visit directly from her maternal family.”

“The youngest princess? H-how did you come?”

“I came by scroll.”

“…”

That wasn’t what she meant—she was asking how she came alone.

The Head Maid hurriedly spoke.

“But you’re not immune, so how could you come to the family… Are you feeling alright?”

The Head Maid looked over Airi with a troubled expression.

‘I heard she was entrusted to her maternal family in the south right after birth because she was a frail non-immune one who couldn’t stay in the north.’

But Airi replied spiritedly.

“Yes! I’m fine!”

As if unaware of everyone’s worried gazes.

With round eyes filled with sunshine-like warmth, Airi bowed politely.

“Hello! I’m five-year-old Airi Ortejo!”

She introduced herself so politely and courteously?

When starting with ‘Get lost’ was the average for northern children?

Everyone was stunned and waited for Airi’s next words.

Then Airi made an ‘oh my’ expression.

‘Is she finally going to cause trouble? What’s in the corridor?’

When everyone was sweating nervously at every action of the round, small child!

Airi lifted her long skirt and bowed her head once more.

It was a 90-degree bow.

“Please take good care of me!”

Her purely bright and chirping voice was also something unheard of in the north.

The first to come to her senses was the Head Maid.

“By any chance, what brought you here? Why is there no guardian…”

After saying this much, the Head Maid quickly bit her tongue.

Due to being too flustered, she had spoken as if blaming the youngest princess.

But Airi still spoke respectfully.

“I came here alone. But, may I ask where the head of the family might be?”

To be so polite yet use the word ‘head’—truly, a child being childlike.

The Head Maid looked at Airi with a heart that had softened, if only slightly, and finally spoke.

“Due to the demon war situation, Lord and Lady Ortejo and Lord Ortejo are all away on business. Ah, that means they’ve gone outside.”

“Oh my…”

Airi showed a flustered expression.

Usually in the Northern Region, children who got flustered like that would roll around on the floor throwing tantrums.

But wasn’t Airi responding with perfect courtesy?

“I hadn’t anticipated this situation, but it’s alright. Then I shall wait.”

All the maids and servants in the corridor, even the battle-hardened guards, gulped audibly.

A bright eye-smile.

Sparkling eyes.

A lovely and gentle demeanor.

Even warmly flushed cheeks.

It was the appearance of an unprecedented new species, completely unknown to the Northern Region.

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